Pasta Salad + Fruit Cobbler = Happy Belly

I’ve tried two new recipes that were so good, I had to share them with you!

Whole Wheat Pasta Medley of Yum Mixed with Damn

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Ingredients

• 1 box/bag whole wheat pasta rotini
• 3.25 oz can pitted black olives, rinsed and drained
• 10 Plum tomatoes (10)
• 1 cup sliced red onion
• 8.5 ounce can cut sweet peas, no salt added, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups raw spinach
• 1 cucumber, sliced

Directions

• Cook pasta according to directions on box and drain
• Add Pam cooking spray to pasta, mix, and let cool
• Add rest of ingredients
• Add a dressing such as a low-fat Italian if you’d like, but add that to the nutritional content
• Per serving (1/8th of recipe): 219.50 calories, 3.88 g fat, 7.81 g fiber, 8.28 g protein

This dish is perfect for a picnic or social gathering. Since people could personalize the dish by adding chunks of cooked lean meat from a bbq, tempeh, and/or their favorite dressing, it’s a very versatile dish!

Next up — Look at this!  Fruit Cobbler Fit for a Princess

I had to try Chocolate Covered Katie’s Little Vegan Fruit Cobbler and I *loved* it.  Here’s the recipe with a few alterations based on preference and what I had on hand:

Ingredients
Fruit Filling

• Quartered strawberries (I used 12 large)
• Sliced apples (I used 2 medium Gala)
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract — 0 all around
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• Sprinkles of cinnamon
• Sprinkles of cardamon
• Total for filling: 272.50 calories, 7.95 g fat, 10.9 g fiber, 2.1 g protein
  

Topping

• 2/3rd cup steel cut oats
  
• 1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• A few packets stevia (natural sweetener)
• Total for topping, approx: 533.33 calories, 7.34 g fat, 14.67 g fiber, 18.66 g protein

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375 F
• Place apple & strawberry mixture in 8×11 pan “greased” with nonstick cooking spray
• Sprinkle topping mixture on top of fruit (I only used 1/2 of the mixture, but nutritional info. includes all of it…)
• Bake for 20 minutes

Per serving (1/8): 100.73 calories, 1.91 g fat, 3.20 g fiber, 2.60 g protein

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Eaten with a few chunks of an ice cream bar

How often, if at all, do you try other blogger’s recipes?  Any “must try” recommendations?

<3,

The Cranky One

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